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Definition of cheep in English: cheepnoun tʃiːptʃip 1A short, high squeaky cry made by a young bird. Example sentencesExamples - The little birds in the tree kept up a constant cheep of complaint, but it didn't break cover.
- As you follow it along the street you begin to hear the cheeps and trills of other birds launching into a discordant chorus.
- House sparrows sing by stringing together a variety of cheeps, chirps and ‘chissiks’, and flocks can make a loud noise during courtship rituals.
- If you think nature sounds CDs are merely soft, relaxing waterfalls and bird cheeps to calm you down after a long hard day, listen again.
Synonyms chirp, chirrup, twitter, tweet, peep, chirr, warble, trill - 1.1 A short, high sound resembling the cry of a young bird.
an electronic cheep from the alarm Example sentencesExamples - She made about five and was on the sixth when she heard something fall on the floor and a frightened cheep from the other room.
- A young woman with bright red lips and a high-pitched cheep of a voice flew at me.
- There is one particularly loud and insistent cheep cheep that I wish I could identify.
- Paralysed from the neck down, all I could do was to emit more cheeps.
- As the mechanical creatures quietened, a faint cheep could be heard, then a sort of indignant squawk.
Synonyms chirp, chirrup, twitter, tweet, peep, chirr, warble, trill - 1.2informal in singular, with negative The slightest sound.
there has not been a cheep from anybody Example sentencesExamples - And then he gets home from work and parks his backside in front of the telly and I don't get a cheep out of him all night.
- There was not a cheep out of her, not a sulk or a pout until the euphoria began to wane.
verb tʃiːptʃip [no object]Make a short, high squeaky sound. sparrows are cheeping all around Example sentencesExamples - The swallow settled down next to him, cheeping softly at him as if she trusted this human and knew him.
- Finally replete and satiated, the bronze bird cheeped happily, mouth opening to reveal four flat, stubby teeth.
- I let out a few screams when one flapped their wings and chittered and cheeped at me.
- The chicks had been downy and charming, and cheeped sweetly with their permanently open mouths.
- The mother bird and a few others were on the roof of the house next door, cheeping with distress.
Synonyms chirp, chirrup, twitter, tweet, peep, chitter, chatter, chirr, trill, warble, sing, pipe
Origin Early 16th century (originally Scots): imitative (compare with peep2). Rhymes asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep Definition of cheep in US English: cheepnounCHēptʃip 1A shrill squeaky cry made by a bird, typically a young one. Example sentencesExamples - The little birds in the tree kept up a constant cheep of complaint, but it didn't break cover.
- If you think nature sounds CDs are merely soft, relaxing waterfalls and bird cheeps to calm you down after a long hard day, listen again.
- As you follow it along the street you begin to hear the cheeps and trills of other birds launching into a discordant chorus.
- House sparrows sing by stringing together a variety of cheeps, chirps and ‘chissiks’, and flocks can make a loud noise during courtship rituals.
Synonyms chirp, chirrup, twitter, tweet, peep, chirr, warble, trill - 1.1 A sound resembling the shrill squeaky cry made by a bird.
an electronic cheep from the alarm Example sentencesExamples - As the mechanical creatures quietened, a faint cheep could be heard, then a sort of indignant squawk.
- Paralysed from the neck down, all I could do was to emit more cheeps.
- She made about five and was on the sixth when she heard something fall on the floor and a frightened cheep from the other room.
- There is one particularly loud and insistent cheep cheep that I wish I could identify.
- A young woman with bright red lips and a high-pitched cheep of a voice flew at me.
Synonyms chirp, chirrup, twitter, tweet, peep, chirr, warble, trill
verbCHēptʃip [no object]Make a shrill squeaky sound. Example sentencesExamples - I let out a few screams when one flapped their wings and chittered and cheeped at me.
- The swallow settled down next to him, cheeping softly at him as if she trusted this human and knew him.
- Finally replete and satiated, the bronze bird cheeped happily, mouth opening to reveal four flat, stubby teeth.
- The chicks had been downy and charming, and cheeped sweetly with their permanently open mouths.
- The mother bird and a few others were on the roof of the house next door, cheeping with distress.
Synonyms chirp, chirrup, twitter, tweet, peep, chitter, chatter, chirr, trill, warble, sing, pipe
Origin Early 16th century (originally Scots): imitative (compare with peep). |